Parkhurst Dining Services

Ranking #22

Parkhurst is one of two onsite foodservice divisions (the other is #27 Cura Hospitality) of the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group's Onsite Brands Division. The company expanded its pioneering local purchasing and sustainability program, FarmSource, with a Growers Manual, written by Sourcing/Sustainability Director Jamie Moore, that discusses how to go about starting and maintaining container gardens. FarmSource, started in 2001, now has ties with more than 150 farmers in communities near where Parkhurst operates.

The company also grew its account base by adding clients like the Andy Warhol Museum, the Powdermill Nature Reserve, Delaware Valley College, the Curtis Institute of Music and the University of the Arts, the latter two in Philadelphia. It also renewed and expanded its partnership with Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.

Parkhurst Dining has appointed Chris McDonough, formerly vice president of strategic partnerships for Aramark, as director of partnership development. The 20-plus year veteran of the onsite food service industry will focus on strategic selling to corporate dining and special venues clients and...

James Broadhurst, chairman of the Eat 'n Park Hospitality Group that includes the Parkhurst Dining and Cura Hospitality contract management firms, has won the IFMA Gold Plate Award, presented annually to one of the winners of the Silver Plate Awards and revealed at the annual Gold & Silver Plate...